Honors Program Theses
This collection contains Honors Program Theses written by undergraduate students in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the University of Northern Iowa.
Every honors student has the opportunity to complete undergraduate research during their time at UNI by writing a thesis. Students work with faculty members in their major or area of interest to develop and conduct a study during either their Junior or Senior year.
To search all Honors Program Theses, click here.
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Submissions from 2024
“Our Hands are Tied”: How State Educational Diversity Laws Affect Iowa Public Educators and How Educators Respond, Lydia Berns-Schweingruber Open Access Honors Program Thesis 2024 Award
Language Barriers in the U.S. Legal System for Primarily Spanish Speakers: Attorney Perspectives and Potential Solutions for True Equal Access, Emma F. Kizer Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2023
How Hypermasculinity and Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA) Relate to Rape Proclivity in College Males, Cora Lynn Patterson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2021
"It all just ends": Death attitudes across age, gender, and religion, Bekah Bass Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2020
Role of guns in child mortality, Alexandria Bibbs Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2019
Case study in the emotional and social benefits of joining a women's organization in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Hailey Lorenzen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The anthropological significance of Knockloon Hill, Emma Rosentrater Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2017
The gamers in gaming: Studying Twitch TV and its followers, Micah Zeimetz Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2016
Still going bump in the night: a structural-esque analysis of yurei, death, and dying in Japanese folklore and anime, Samuel Nicholas Calonkey Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
"Yeah, I taught myself on YouTube": young women and navigating the world of traditional crafting, Emily A. Gardner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Liberty and justice for all? : Ethics in the American criminal justice system, Haley Hasenstein Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The adolescent refugee experience: cultural attitudes of high school Burmese refugees living in Iowa, Alexis Helgens Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Contrasting American and Chinese exceptionalism : Representations of political corruption, Tatiana Rice Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2015
Female mate selection criteria : preferences in short-term and long-term mating, Elizabeth R. Agey Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Non-destructive DNA extraction methods that yield DNA barcodes in spiders, Reva Ann Bork Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2014
Surviving in the age of social media: social media as the technological facilitator in the interpersonal relationships of college students, Ross L. Curnow Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Positional plagiocephaly among tribal societies and contemporary western societies: a comparison of treatments, results, and effects, Jacinda Rose Ruggles Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Excavation and stratigraphic analysis of a late nineteenth century boiler house, Ariel Marie Williams Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2013
A Heroic journey within videogames and the effects of player experience, Jeremiah Moffitt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2012
The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Its Implicit Sexual Consequences: A Content Analysis, Olivia Lynn Egen Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Making a Way: Music in an African American Congregation, Emily Miller-Todd Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Effect of Birth Order Placement on Tendency Toward General Deviance, Nichole Rae Reese Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2011
Analyzing the Construction of the Medical Professional Identity: How Do Doctors Learn to "Do Doctoring?", Lauren Dougall Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Health Reform: The Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Iowa's Critical Access Hospitals, Brittany D. Fett Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Violent Crime and Drug Use: The Relationship Between Drugs and Types of Crime, Richard William Fortney Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Sacred Stones for Sacred Structures: An Examination of Patterns in the Temples and Twin Complexes at Tikal and Palenque, Meredith Mae Hild Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Music Videos as Social Commentary: A Sociological Analysis of Lady Gaga, Jacob Allen Everett Rudy Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Patterns of alcohol violations from police reports on a midwestern campus, Emily A. Wesley Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2010
Sticks and Stones: Fracture Analysis of the University of Iowa-Stanford Collection, Diane Eddie Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Seeking Alternatives to Marijuana Prohibition, Rachel Kiesel Open Access Honors Program Thesis
An Archaeological Model of Northern Warren County Prehistory with Survey Data, Whitney Alina Mark Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Experience of Upward Mobility, Lacey Jae Ritter Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Factors Affecting Religious Beliefs at a Public Midwestern University, Dana Catherine Shook Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Wandering Socially: Technology and the Modern American Hobo Community, Natalie K. Turner Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2009
Powerful and powerless speech styles in employment mock interviews, Amanda M. Wilson Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2008
The Myth and Reality of Prom: A Qualitative Examination of the American High School Prom Experience, Sarah C. Brandt Open Access Honors Program Thesis
A sociological assessment of the dental health of Latino children in Des Moines, Iowa, Esperanza Pintor Martinez Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Submissions from 2007
Educational Programs in Correctional Facilities: Are They Worth the Cost?, Adam Robert Baggett Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Język: Attitudes Toward Language in Poland, Angela Ott Open Access Honors Program Thesis
On the Effect of Cranial Deformation in Determining Age From Ectocranial Suture Closure: A Test of the Meindl and Lovejoy Method, Ingrid L-A Sensor Open Access Honors Program Thesis
The Conceptualization of Mental Illness Held by North-Eastern Iowa Legislators, Jennifer J. Younie Open Access Honors Program Thesis
Submissions from 2004
The Effects of Neo-Liberalism: A Proposal to Measure Women's Feeling of Safety and Job Satisfaction In Two Garment Factories, Briana Henscheid Open Access Honors Program Thesis
